Pardeeville, WI 53954 Frost Dates
Pardeeville, WI: when does the frost end?
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/28, roughly 243 days out. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/10, roughly 164 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Pardeeville in Zone 5a (-20 to -15°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 6 weeks until Pardeeville's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/28 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/14 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/12 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Pardeeville against the rest of the dataset
Pardeeville's growing season runs about 164 days, ranking 30,989 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within WI, it ranks 214 of 860.
Learn more
Before leaning on 53954's figures: the frost range explains how to read the range around Pardeeville's dates instead of trusting one, while local microclimates explains what one yard in Pardeeville can differ from the 53954 normal.